Elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)

Zonocerus elegans
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily:	Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe:	Phymateini
Genus:	Zonocerus
Scientific name
Zonocerus elegans (Thunberg, 1815)
Geography
Native countries:
South Africa
Pest status
Known pest

The Elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans) is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers).

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceZonocerus elegans

Habitat

Geophilous

Activity

Diurnal

Flight

Flightless and flying morphs, weak flier

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Craig Peter — 21 specimens collected
• Anthony G Rebelo — 6 specimens collected
• Clare Mateke — 5 specimens collected

• Cathy Dzerefos — 4 specimens collected
• David Richardson — 2 specimens collected
• Peter Uetz — 1 specimen collected
• Pedro Beja — 1 specimen collected
• Krista Oswald — 1 specimen collected
• B. Adriaan Grobler — 1 specimen collected
• Jens-Christian Svenning — 1 specimen collected
• Mac Alford — 1 specimen collected
• Pieter Huybrechts — 1 specimen collected
• Martin Jung — 1 specimen collected
• Maggie Madijo Manyatsa — 1 specimen collected
• Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Riaan Stals — 24 specimens identified
• Craig Peter — 17 specimens identified
• Jakob Fahr — 7 specimens identified

• Anthony G Rebelo — 6 specimens identified
• Cathy Dzerefos — 3 specimens identified
• Clare Mateke — 3 specimens identified
• Pieter Huybrechts — 2 specimens identified
• Katja Schulz — 1 specimen identified
• Pedro Beja — 1 specimen identified
• Holger Braun — 1 specimen identified
• Thomas Mesaglio — 1 specimen identified
• Andrew Hankey — 1 specimen identified
• Jens-Christian Svenning — 1 specimen identified
• Mac Alford — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Catalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistIRMNGNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)UMLS CUI